In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 11th of March instant, I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.

The act can not be executed, inasmuch as there is not sufficient time to give the notice of the holding of the special term which Congress thought proper to require.

The Government can not prepare for trial at said special term, because no fund appropriated by Congress can be made available for that purpose.

If, therefore, the Government is compelled to go to trial at the special term provided for by this bill, the United States must be defeated for want of time and means to make preparation for the proper vindication of its rights.

National promises should be kept with unflinching fidelity.

I can not approve a bill which in my judgment authorizes the violation of sacred obligations.

The obligation of the public faith transcends all questions of profit or public advantage.

Its unquestionable maintenance is the dictate as well of the highest expediency as of the most necessary duty.

A currency worth less than it purports to be worth will in the end defraud not only creditors, but all who are engaged in legitimate business.

To the Senate of the United States:I transmit herewith, for the information of the Senate, the reply of the Commissioner of Agriculture to a resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, \relative to the disease prevailing among swine

In answer to the resolution of the Senate dated December 7, 1877, I transmit herewith reports from the General of the Army, the Quartermaster-General, the Commissary-General of Subsistence, and the Chief of Ordnance, showing what has been…

In response to the resolution of the Senate of January 30, 1878, I transmit herewith a report, dated the 16th instant, from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

To the Senate: I transmit herewith, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th of December last, a report from the Secretary of State and its accompanying papers.

These reports are respectfully submitted for the information of Congress.

In response to a resolution of the Senate of the 10th ultimo, I transmit herewith copies of reports of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs and General Land Office, dated 9th and 21st instant, respectively.

I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty of friendship and commerce between the United States and the Government of the Samoan Islands, signed on the 17th instant.

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of December 6, 1877, I inclose a report made to me by the Attorney-General, the results of which seem to be correct, and which affords the information requested.

Upon the subject of the cost of the Nez Perce War, I submit reports from the Quartermaster-General and the Commissary-General of Subsistence.